upp
See also: Upp
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʏhp/
- Rhymes: -ʏhp
Derived terms
Derived terms
- alast upp
- ala upp
- finna upp
- gefast upp
- lofa upp í ermina
- setja upp hundshaus
- velta upp úr brauðmylsnu
- velta upp úr hveiti
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊpː/, [ʊpʰː], [ʊ̟pʰː], [upʰː]
- (Gudbrand Valley) IPA(key): [ʊ̟ʰpʰː]
Adverb
upp
- (pre-1938 or dialectal) alternative form of opp (“up”)
- Upp i dalen ― Up into the valley (lative)
References
- “upp” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *upp. Cognate with Old Frisian up, Old Saxon up, Old Dutch up, Old High German ūf, Old Norse upp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /upp/, [up]
Adverb
upp
- up
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE NATIVITY OF ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE"
- Crist ða beseah upp wið þæs rican...
- Christ then looked up towards the rich man...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE PASSION OF THE BLESSED MARTYR LAWRENCE"
- Arærað hine upp...
- Raise him up...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE PASSION OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL"
- ...and he sylf wearð færlice upp on ðære lyfte gesewen.
- ...and he himself suddenly appeared up in the air.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE NATIVITY OF ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE"
Usage notes
This word is used to describe where something is going: sēo sunne gǣþ upp (“the sun goes up”). To describe where something is located, the word uppe is used instead: sēo sunne is uppe (“the sun is up”).
Antonyms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *upp (“up”). Cognate with Old English upp, Old Frisian up, Old Saxon up, Old High German ūf, Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup).
Derived terms
- uptaug
Descendants
References
- “upp”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Alternative forms
- opp (common in some Swedish dialects)
Etymology
From Old Norse upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɵp/, [ɵpː]
Audio (Gotland) (file) - Rhymes: -ɵp
Adverb
upp (not comparable)
Derived terms
References
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